An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Asche

by Friedrich Kluge

Asche (1.), f., ‘ashes, cinders,’ from MidHG. asche (esche), OHG. asca, f., ‘ashes’; corresponds to Du. asch, AS. asce, œsce, f., E. ashes (but also sing. in bone-ash, potash, &c.); OIc. aska, f., ‘ashes’; akin also to the abnormal Goth. azgô, f., ‘ashes’ (but Span. ascua is borrowed). Trustworthy correspondences in other languages are wanting, nor is Esche allied to it. —

Asche (2.), f., ‘grayling,’ from the equiv. MidHG. asche, OHG. asco, m.; scarcely allied to Asche, as if the fish were named from its ash-grey colour; Ital. lasco.